High Functioning Autism: Can the Verbal Behavior Approach Help?
A friend of mine, who is a teacher, recently asked me, “would a kindergarten student who is on the autism spectrum with severe tantrum behaviors, but has strong academic skills, be a good candidate for verbal behavior? We have a child in our building and I’m stumped as to how to help him.” So today […]
Autism Grandparents: How to Be Supportive
Today’s video blog is all about autism grandparents and some of the challenges and the unique role of being a grandparent of a child with autism. It’s not just the parents that raise a child. Often, the grandparents do too. So that’s why I want to talk about how autism grandparents can help their grandchildren […]
Potty Training Not Working for a Child with Autism? Here’s What You Can Do
Is potty training not working for your child or client with autism? It can be a huge challenge for children with autism. Even if a child can do all the prerequisites for potty training, he or she may still not make the connection as to how to use the potty. Today I’m answering two questions […]
Receptive Identification & Receptive Language Skills for Kids with Autism
A lot of children with autism or signs of autism get stuck when it comes to learning receptive language abilities, such as touching body parts or touching a banana out of several pictures. I got a lot of really great advice on receptive identification over the past two decades from Dr. Mark Sundberg. So today […]
Autism Video Modeling
Video modeling is a powerful, evidence-based tool that can help children learn to talk. I had a client who I’m going to talk to you about whose name is Kurt and he went from having 10 words in two hours to having a hundred words in two hours using this powerful tool: video modeling.https://youtu.be/I2POD4DSR8Q Using […]